Generalisability of the results of the Dutch-Belgian randomised controlled lung cancer CT screening trial (NELSON): Does self-selection play a role?

Lung Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-57

  van der Aalst, C M ^a   van Iersel, C A ^a   van Klaveren, R J ^b   Frenken, F J M ^c   Fracheboud, J ^a   Otto, S J ^a   de Jong, P A ^d   Oudkerk, M ^e   de Koning, H J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Lievensberg Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^c STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasm; Mass screening; Patient selection; Population characteristics; Selection bias; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BELGIUM; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861720002     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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